[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 74 (Monday, May 7, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S5669]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO GREENSBURG, KS

  Mr. BROWN. I ask unanimous consent that the Senate now proceed to the 
consideration of S. Res. 190 which was submitted earlier today.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the resolution by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A resolution (S. Res. 190) expressing the condolences of 
     the Nation to the community of Greensburg, Kansas.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the 
resolution.
  Mr. BROWN. I ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, 
the preamble be agreed to, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon 
the table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The resolution (S. Res. 190) was agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 190

       Whereas, on Friday, May 4, 2007, a tornado struck the 
     community of Greensburg, Kansas;
       Whereas this tornado was classified as an EF-5, the 
     strongest possible type, by the National Weather Service, 
     with winds estimated at 205 miles per hour;
       Whereas the tornado is the first EF-5 on the Enhanced 
     Fujita scale, and the first F-5 on the previous scale since 
     1999;
       Whereas approximately 95 percent of Greensburg is 
     destroyed;
       Whereas 1,500 residents have been displaced from their 
     homes; and
       Whereas, in response to the declaration by the President of 
     a major disaster, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
     Management Agency has made Federal disaster assistance 
     available for the State of Kansas to assist in local recovery 
     efforts: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate expresses the condolences of the 
     Nation to the community of Greensburg, Kansas, and its 
     gratitude to local, State, and National law enforcement and 
     emergency responders conducting search and rescue operations.

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